Castel Del Monte Park Hotel Bari

As it turns out, filling that day wasn't so much of a problem.... we tootled out of town, found a beach, wandered about & looked at the boats; tootled back, found somewhere to eat, had a chat with a few Brits and - hey presto! - before you knew it, time for bed! But the one on board was a bit more of a challenge... all 13 hours of it! BIG ...

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... down for the night. Some people were sleeping on the deck. There was a pool, which people were using already and a Ala carte restaurant and a Self service one. Dan and I got a drink and claimed a seating area and a few other found us until we had 8 chairs or so. We were almost too afraid to get up in fear of losing them! We went in shifts to have dinner at the self service restaurant. We went around 7.30pm and had tortelli ...

... the coastal resorts in August - the idea of travelling somewhere quiet and undiscovered was very appealing.<br>We passed very few cars on the journey to Matera, which was actually rather refreshing having spent last summer trying to get away from the over-crowded tourist resorts.<br><br>As the road headed up to the mountains, we passed ancient hilltop towns and villages clinging to rocky limestone plateaus. Often seeming more Greek than ...

... 15 hour boat ride.<br><br>We boarded the ferry and set off. Of course on our grocery run we bought some beer and wine, so we began the drinking on the top deck. After a while we had quite the crew: the Australian couple, the 3 Spokane guys, and then 4 Irish lads. We stayed up late drinking and talking under the stars...it was pretty cool.<br><br>Then we went to bed. On this ferry ...

... we get to customs where there's complete disorder. Then we see the road ways. I've never seen so much disorder in my life.<br><br>Last nights rest on the boat was awesome. We wanted to get some sort of cabin, but all were full and we were forced to be deck passengers. There were a lot of us and most everyone crowded into a lounge and attempted to make beds out of dining booths. Chrissy and I were the only ones to set up our sleep mats ...

... at Americans like we're in a zoo or something. Not good. After a long day of shopping, and eating more gelato, we decided to head back to the hotel because we were exhausted. When our professor had dropped us off, he told us to take bus number 4. We walked all over to find it, and we couldn't. We were standing there arguing when we heard, "Can we help you?" We were SOO excited to hear english!! It turns out it was 2 guys in there 20s who were missionaries originally from ...

... on the bus that went straight to the ferry port, but out buss driver decided to be an ass and drove right past the ticket desk and dropped us off at the car port desk. So there was a group of about 15 of us backpackers that had to back track to the desk, but we did manage to get tickets and board the ferry all in time. The ferry was 16 and 1/2 hrs long, with no real sleeping arrangements. We paid for deck seats and yse it does sound like it is a seat on the ...

... 5pm we got on our next ferry which was taking us to Greece... was to be a 16hr crossing..... and well although we boarded at 5pm we didnt leave the port till 8pm.... yep thats how bored we were in bari.... we preferred to spend it on a ship!!! hahahaha.... anyways so that was bari.... nice and warm and sunny...ill give it qdos for that :)

... young vibe may be why it seems a bit crazy at night. The travel attractions in Bari are its maze like old city and the Basilica of Saint Nicholas (patron saint of pawnbrokers, sailors and Russians). The old city is truly a skinner box of tiny homes. It was a delight to see many older women out drying their fresh orecchiette and to hear the bellowing of men playing cards in small social clubs. The Basilica's most memorable feature was the tomb of the saint ...